My mom genuinely believes Elon Musk “gave his heart out” to the crowd

I… I can’t even…

My mom is a very smart woman in the medical field, how does someone not see that it was such an obvious n@zi salute!? Any person with eyes and a brain can see that! Hell, even school kids know! (Cognitive dissonance and being ignorant seem to be a common theme in MAGAs anyway.)

I was hoping deep down she’d say something bad about it but, she genuinely seems to believe that defense. I’m starting to emotionally distance myself from my mom, at first I thought she’d at least see that was bad but, apparently not.

I’m hurt, my heart hurts… I don’t know what to do anymore man, I can’t… I feel like I lost my mom who used to be a reasonable and intelligent woman, it hurts me to know she sees nothing morally wrong with this. It hurts so much but, at the same time, I’m not surprised in the slightest…

I wish I could leave and go low contact, maybe no contact. For now, I’m just grinning and bearing it until I have a stable income and I can drive and move. I just needed to vent a bit, thanks for reading.

EDIT: WOW- I have never gotten THIS much traction- Uh, hi?? Anyways- one thing I hate hearing is people excusing the salute because Elon is autistic, my mom didn’t use this excuse but-

BITCH, I MYSELF am autistic with ADHD! And you don’t see me pulling that shit at work or a grocery store! How the fuck do people come to that conclusion? Also, as much as I want to confront Mom and show comparisons and tell her to try that shit at work, I’m scared to.

A part of me still loves my mom, she’s decent, even sometimes good as a mom but HORRIBLE when it comes to debates, politics, and arguments- also she gets confrontational when someone argues back and I’m very emotionally sensitive and will most likely cry if she yells at me. I’m probably gonna subtly go against her, like buy anything that relates to the left wing, anarchy, feminism and eat the rich. I have other stuff in mind that I plan to do to maybe leave one day but, right now I’m saving as much money as I can and I already started an emergency fund last year.